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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Kid at Heart — John H. Eyler (MBA 1971)
free that makes the job so appealing to Eyler -- it's also the chance to put to the sternest test yet his 25 years of management experience with retailers such as Federated Department Stores, Hartmarx, and the May Company. When Eyler took... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
in the growth of retail medical centers, too. If they are conveniently located, people will take care of minor medical issues, such as an ache, or a mole that might be cancerous. Most people also prefer them to hospitals overwhelmed with... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
working in the fashion and retail industry—as the director of Global Strategy at Donna Karan (a division of LVMH), the general manager of Shop Your Way and the founder of Mintbox, a flash sale and loyalty startup—she helped to organize... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS
increasingly imitated "direct-access" business model. Designed to deal directly with the customer via phone or the Internet, Dell shuns intermediaries such as retailers and distributors and builds computers according to the customer's... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Fall Reunions
ranging from lessons of the Columbia space shuttle disaster and Enron’s downfall, to the revolution in retailing and elements of effective negotiation. In between sessions, old friends gathered on the Spangler Center lawn for coffee,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Can’t Forget the Motor City
In a flurry of activity in Detroit in March, the acronym “HBS” was almost as much in evidence as “GM.” It wasn’t just the departure of GM chief Rick Wagoner (MBA ’77) and the accession of his replacement, Fritz Henderson (MBA ’84). Also on the scene were Diana Farrell... View Details
- 02 Apr 2013
- News
Japan's Answer to Jeff Bezos Sets Sights on Amazon, America
- 28 Oct 2013
- News
The Federator
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Evergreen Business
this seasonal side business, where 99 percent of his customers leave with a tree—a sales rate few retailers can imagine. “Plus it’s Christmas, so everyone’s in a great mood.” View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 12 Sep 2018
- News
Game-Changing Analytics
at multiple contact points, including ticket sales, retail transactions, digital communications, and social media,” notes Gelman, a former Crimson basketball star who also played professionally in Europe. She cites the Patriots’ launch a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
consumer base: The middle class of Africa's most populous nation has been growing quickly, now accounting for 23 percent of the population, according to the African Development Bank. "There has to be a big middle class" to support this kind of View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres In classic engineer fashion, Ernesto Humpierres (MBA 2011) has always enjoyed building systems, whether it’s a Lego set with his twins or an e-commerce side hustle with their mother, Sarah Scott... View Details
- 19 Mar 2016
- News
Ex-McKinsey Analyst Finds New Path as Lavish Jeweler
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Internet Tsunami
Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA '93) is the founder, president, and CEO of Rakuten, Japan's leading online shopping destination. He believes that because the Internet allows merchants to circumvent the many intermediaries who jack up prices in Japan, "it is going to completely... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
- News
Birchbox Debuts VR for Male Subscribers
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
in a small, confined space we want to be there too. Trash cans, diaper pails, litter boxes, you name it. Short term, we want to build our retail presence. Look for us in select Target stores this April!” What have been the most enjoyable... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Designing Change
company’s mission, using meetings and even Muzak hats and T-shirts to jump-start employees’ emotional connection to their work as “audio architects” who provide the soundtrack for fashionable retail chains and a wide variety of work... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
conversation. What are the major market forces that are transforming the health-care system? First and foremost, it's consumers. They have already revolutionized the retailing and information industries because they are so busy working... View Details
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
her classmates, Langer began her employment in the financial industry, joining Shearson Lehman Brothers as an investment banker. "I was specializing with retail companies: Federated Department Stores, Macy's, Barneys New York. It was just... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
to online retail and commercial real estate. Today, leaders in business have an obligation not only to investors but to their employees and communities. At the core of this challenge is helping their organizations to survive in the face... View Details